9 3/4" Pecan Bowl

[Dave Hoskins]

Actually finished this up a couple of days ago and just now getting around to posting it. Shame on me!!! Anyway, it's 9 3/4" in diameter, 3" high, 2 1/2" deep and has a volume of 5 cups. I worked several days trying to get the knot hole sealed up good so it would hold liquids to no avail. It bested me. Fill it with water and there is a teeny tiny little trickle coming from it. Oh, well. I felt I spent enough time on it. The wood was sealed with walnut oil and the finishing was with shellac with walnut oil based wax mixed in. I think it was 3 coats of shellac. Will work great as a display bowl for somebody' table.

 

[Mike Stafford]

I love turning pecan. I think pecan has more variations of figure and color than most woods. And all that variation gives the wood a lot of character.

Nice rich looking bowl.

 

[David Johnson]

Nice bowl. They don't all have to hold water. Who wants to drink out of a bowl anyway?
David

 

[Ryan Mooney]

I like the subtle shellac sheen you landed on this one. Looks really nice with the wood.

 

[Jonathan Shively]

It should command a premium price, it is one of those rare automatic waterers for plants. Placed strategically, it will water a plant for hours! (It's all in the advertisement/hype, feel free to use it! as the advice is worth what you paid for it, nothing!! )

 

[Vaughn McMillan]

That's a nice-looking bowl indeed, Dave.

Watertight bowls are overrated. What really matters is how many M&Ms it'll hold.

 

[Dave Hoskins]

I hear ya, Vaughn! The only reason I test them for holding liquids originated from my sister years ago. She bought a fairly large bowl from me and had company over, included me for dinner. She filled the bowl with stew, I think, and was a bit aggravated that the juices ran out a small knot hole. She presumed that I had it sealed shut. OOOPPPSSS!!! So, after that little mishap, I have always tested them. Using water also makes an easy way of determining what the volume of the bowl is as well. So, kill two birds with one stone. Some have asked why I list the volume it holds is you would be surprised how many folks ask me that question. So, again. Problem solved!

 

[Ryan Mooney]

She filled the bowl with stew, I think, and was a bit aggravated that the juices ran out a small knot hole. She presumed that I had it sealed shut.

You know what they say about assumed.

Still I hope she has enough of a sense of humor to laugh about it now.. and isn't still stewing on the situation (man I'd NEVER stop with the pun jokes on that one.. really soup it up.. I'd say you had a beef with the bowl.. but you can't cause it all ran out the bottom.. I could go one rofl )

 

[mike calabrese]

Actually finished this up a couple of days ago and just now getting around to posting it. Shame on me!!! Anyway, it's 9 3/4" in diameter, 3" high, 2 1/2" deep and has a volume of 5 cups. I worked several days trying to get the knot hole sealed up good so it would hold liquids to no avail. It bested me. Fill it with water and there is a teeny tiny little trickle coming from it. Oh, well. I felt I spent enough time on it. The wood was sealed with walnut oil and the finishing was with shellac with walnut oil based wax mixed in. I think it was 3 coats of shellac. Will work great as a display bowl for somebody' table.

Bowls are not made for holding anything but the dreams we have when the lathe starts to turn. Nice job great finish even on the knot hole.
calabrese55

 

[Mike Stafford]

If I am in the process of turning a bowl and I spy a hole in it and I don't want a hole to be there I fill it with epoxy.

First I locate the hole on the outside by shining a flashlight through the interior. Once I have located it I place a piece of blue painter's tape over the hole. The tape prevents the epoxy from running all over the outside. Once the outside is taped up I try to position the bowl so that the hole is vertical from inside to outside. Once I am satisfied I mix up a dab of epoxy and drip it into the hole with an implement large enough to efficiently do the job. A round toothpick for the smallest holes; a sandwich toothpick for larger holes; and a popsicle stick for very large holes.

Let it cure and finish turning the bowl. The hole will virtually disappear.

Years back I turned quite a bit of manzanita burl. It was a beautiful wood but it was also quite frustrating in that it tended to crumble as the turning got thinner and thinner. One particular little bowl crumbled in several areas and I was determined to save the bowl. So I followed the procedure described above but darkened the epoxy with lampblack which you can get at a good paint store. You can also use powdered black dye to color the epoxy. I carefully filled all the voids and then turned the bowl until it was finished. Here is the result. It is not the greatest thing by any stretch of the imagination but most people do not realize the black areas are epoxy. Excuse me for the lousy picture.

 

[Vaughn McMillan]

I never could get this one to hold much soup.

 

[Mike Stafford]

I never could get this one to hold much soup.
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That's an ice cream bowl. You just have eat it before it melts.

 

[Dave Hoskins]

I appreciate all the comments and shared techniques.

 

[Les Elm]

Lots of character in that one.
Nicely done.
I have used multiple applications of Thin CA to seal leaks.
Les

 

[Mike Stafford]

I appreciate all the comments and shared techniques.

Dave, just remember that the comments and shared techniques are worth exactly what you paid for them.